Mega Millions ticket worth $1M sold in N.J

A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was bought in New Jersey for Friday night’s drawing, lottery officials said.Get more news about 彩票包网服务,you can vist loto98.com

New Jersey Lottery officials will disclose the retailer that sold the lucky ticket on Monday, No one across the country hit the $378 million jackpot, pushing the top prize for Tuesday’s drawing to an estimated $410 million with a cash option of $308.2 million. If someone wins, it would the 11th-largest Mega Millions prize and the 27th-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.There were also second-prize tickets matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball bought in Connecticut and Florida. It has been nearly four months since a $202 million jackpot winning ticket was bought at Quick Stop on Inman Avenue in Edison for the Feb. 11 drawing.

The winner has yet to step forward and will have the option of remaining anonymous thanks to a new law passed in New Jersey earlier this year. That was the first of two large multi-state jackpots won in Middlesex County this year. On April 8, someone who bought a Powerball ticket at Buy-Rite Liquors on Stelton Road in neighboring Piscataway won a $190 million jackpot. That prize has also yet to be claimed. Mega Millions tickets cost $2 each and in New Jersey must be bought by 10:45 p.m. on the evening of the drawing.

The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot by matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize of at least $1 million by matching five numbers. The New Jersey Lottery office in Lawrence remains closed due to COVID-19 and won’t be accepting walk-in claims. You can still claim your winnings — provided they’re less than $599.50 — in person at any retailer. The lottery is also accepting mailed claims, though officials warn payments might be temporarily delayed. Winners are advised to make copies of the claim form and the winning ticket for their records.